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Stasis vs Astasis - What's the difference?

stasis | astasis |

As nouns the difference between stasis and astasis

is that stasis is a slackening or arrest of the blood current, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls while astasis is astasia.

stasis

English

Noun

(-)
  • (pathology) A slackening or arrest of the blood current, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls.
  • Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness.
    • His company was sized for growth, not stasis .

    Synonyms

    * (inactivity) stability, staticity

    Antonyms

    * (inactivity) movement, flux

    Hyponyms

    * (inactivity) equilibrium

    Related terms

    * static

    Anagrams

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    astasis

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • astasia